00:00 A court in Rampur in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday declared former MP and actor Jayaprada an
00:07 absconder in connection with two cases of election court violations and directed the
00:11 police to arrest her and produce her before it on March 6.
00:16 According to senior prosecution officer Amarnath Tiwari, two cases were registered against
00:20 the former MP from Rampur at Kimari and Swar police stations for allegedly violating the
00:25 model code of conduct during the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
00:30 The actor was the BJP candidate from Rampur in the 2019 polls and was defeated by Azam
00:34 Khan of the Samajwadi Party.
00:36 She was elected to the Lok Sabha from Rampur in 2004 and 2009 on a Samajwadi Party ticket.
00:42 The Samajwadi Party had expelled her.
00:44 In these cases, the special MP MLA court had issued summons several times but the former
00:49 MP did not appear before it.
00:51 Subsequently, non-bailable warrants were issued against her seven times but the police could
00:56 not produce her before the court.
00:57 He said that the police, in its reply filed in the court, said that Jayaprada was evading
01:01 arrest and all her known mobile numbers were switched off.
01:05 Mr Tiwari said that on this, Judge Shobhit Bansal took a tough stance and declared Jayaprada
01:11 an absconder.
01:12 The Superintendent of Police of Rampur was ordered to form a team under the leadership
01:16 of a Circle Officer and arrest Jayaprada and produce her in the court on the next date
01:20 of hearing on March 6.
01:23 Despite this, Jayaprada is one of the most popular and influential actors in the Hindi
01:27 and Telugu film industries.
01:29 She has featured in over 60 films in Telugu, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Bengali
01:33 and Marathi.
01:34 Later, she left the film industry and joined the Telugu Desam Party at the invitation of
01:39 its founder N.T.
01:40 Ramarao in 1994, marking her entry into politics.
01:44 She became a Rajya Sabha MP and then a Lok Sabha MP.
01:47 Following differences with the parties Supremo and Chandrababu Naidu, Jayaprada joined the
01:51 Samajwadi Party.
01:53 She later joined the BJP in March 2019, ahead of the Lok Sabha polls.
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